Bigger stores will buy models with bigger TVs, shopkeepers of smaller stores will buy smaller ones. It's expensive. In addition, it's connected to broadband internet and you have to pay monthly fee. A PS3 in the kiosk has 160GB HDD and downloads demos. No small expenses.
Playstation TV (PS3 in-store demos)
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Those 15.000 that Sony is shipping, I had thought they'd be paid for by Sony? You are saying that the shops are paying for them? I guess that kind of makes sense, but still ...
I have just today started with my plan of keeping track of how the shops present the games, how many have demo pods and of which systems, etc. The 360 right now isn't doing too good just yet, with no demo pods set up anywhere, even the one very bad one that I had found previously which was using an SDTV had disappeared ... the SDTV now hooked up to a GameCube ... lol.
Anyway, right at the end in a new shopping area that had just opened a few days ago I found a brand new toy-store that had a large gaming section. It had just closed, but I spied a HD TV setup with a 360 hooked up on it. I'm going to check it out, maybe tomorrow.
All the other stores had nearly always a PS2. One store had it with Canis Canem Edit (Bully), which looked rather good, graphically. The Xbox in that shop had Fifa Street, and even crazier, this store also still had a PSOne demo unit!!! Amazing, but I guess I could imagine that the PS2 might be around for a long time also ...
One store had a sign put up for the Wii that you could pre-order there.
I'm going to keep track of how these stores change over the holiday season, and when the Wii comes out, and so on.
Also, in most stores the DS and PSP got about the same amount of shelf space, though I only came across one DS demopod, and no PSP demopods. On the other hand, the PSP often had a bit more shelf-space for the games (no doubt partly because of the movies).
For the heck of it, I also asked if I was allowed to take pictures. In one store (Dixons) they actually called their PR manager, who asked if I would publish them. Possibly on the Web, I said, upon which I was disallowed to take pictures.
You dont know has fast and progressive her hands can be.Well i don't think she does 1080p, and she probably doesn't even have 2 HDMI, so... no, she's not sexy at all.
HERE THEY ARE!!!!!!
Oh man I wish we can play DMC4's demo on day 1.
damm, from that angle she look hot.
personally I feel like biting her neck.Yeah, I noticed her too ...
You can barely identify her as a female specimen. How does that make her hawt?
Vampires are taking over the world!
Gona be awhile before we get our PS3 demo kiosks in here, in the lovely Europe.
Slightly off topic, but there was a Sony Entertainment Expo today (it goes on for another 3 hours).
Here are some pics:
http://www.nickens-family.net/g20stuff/Photo_110406_001.jpg
http://www.nickens-family.net/g20stuff/Photo_110406_002.jpg
http://www.nickens-family.net/g20stuff/Photo_110406_003.jpg
http://www.nickens-family.net/g20stuff/Video_110406_001.avi
I am hosting these on my own server, so I am not sure how long I will keep it up.
But apparantly it was put on by Sony Hawaii. So when I talked to one of the reps they didn't tell me anything I don't already know from here. But what was suprising is how little he knew (or was willing to say...)
Here are some pics:
http://www.nickens-family.net/g20stuff/Photo_110406_001.jpg
http://www.nickens-family.net/g20stuff/Photo_110406_002.jpg
http://www.nickens-family.net/g20stuff/Photo_110406_003.jpg
http://www.nickens-family.net/g20stuff/Video_110406_001.avi
I am hosting these on my own server, so I am not sure how long I will keep it up.
But apparantly it was put on by Sony Hawaii. So when I talked to one of the reps they didn't tell me anything I don't already know from here. But what was suprising is how little he knew (or was willing to say...)
mckmas8808
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Sony Expo 2007 (Hawaii)
Well maybe I should not have put it that way. I guess I was surprised to hear that Sony didn't see Sony Hawaii as being apart of them (internally I guess). When I asked about allotments (for at least Hawaii) I got a real vague form of "I don't know". The 400,000 at launch was a firm number. He admitted to Air shipping the systems but he wasn't sure if they could get only two shipments this year or three (counting launch, and to be honest he could have been referring to Hawaii). Over all the show was cool. They had a raffle with the grand prize being a 40" bravia and the first prize being a PS3. Didn't stick around to see who got what, I had a plane to catch. They had R:FOM and Motorstorm as playable demos (on small 20" (720p) screens). They looked nice, but I didn't play them so I can't comment on that aspect. There was a 50+" (couldn't tell) screen with another PS3 hooked up to it. One of the show ppl was playing demos from it. He let me and a friend hold the controller. You know those wireless PS2 controllers (-rumble)? Yeah felt JUST LIKE THAT.... I couldn't get a in depth look at the XMB.
The only thing that the rep said (which I understand) is the 2 PS3's hooked up to the small 20" screens had frozen on the multiple times on Friday, but the systems were in small enclosures (Like the XTS enclosure) and had been on from 4 am (Fri) to 10 pm (Fri). Overall I was impressed. But I just hope ppl don't whine when they get the system home and it doesn't look like what they were showing. Definitely needs a HDTV to do it justice.
Well maybe I should not have put it that way. I guess I was surprised to hear that Sony didn't see Sony Hawaii as being apart of them (internally I guess). When I asked about allotments (for at least Hawaii) I got a real vague form of "I don't know". The 400,000 at launch was a firm number. He admitted to Air shipping the systems but he wasn't sure if they could get only two shipments this year or three (counting launch, and to be honest he could have been referring to Hawaii). Over all the show was cool. They had a raffle with the grand prize being a 40" bravia and the first prize being a PS3. Didn't stick around to see who got what, I had a plane to catch. They had R:FOM and Motorstorm as playable demos (on small 20" (720p) screens). They looked nice, but I didn't play them so I can't comment on that aspect. There was a 50+" (couldn't tell) screen with another PS3 hooked up to it. One of the show ppl was playing demos from it. He let me and a friend hold the controller. You know those wireless PS2 controllers (-rumble)? Yeah felt JUST LIKE THAT.... I couldn't get a in depth look at the XMB
. The only thing that the rep said (which I understand) is the 2 PS3's hooked up to the small 20" screens had frozen on the multiple times on Friday, but the systems were in small enclosures (Like the XTS enclosure) and had been on from 4 am (Fri) to 10 pm (Fri). Overall I was impressed. But I just hope ppl don't whine when they get the system home and it doesn't look like what they were showing. Definitely needs a HDTV to do it justice.
Unfortunately it seems that will be the case, like it was with the 360. They could have used all that processing power to make sure that 480i/p users enjoyed vast amounts of AA, but it just didn't happen, and it won't happen on PS3 either. Oh well... Shame cause they're still the vast majority, but i guess everyone's trying to push HDTV sales and this is an incentive: make SD look worse than it really should so people will want to buy a HDTV... I understand the mentality but still...
Even the better. Freshier nutritious blood to feast on.
I'm sure she's old enough to feel insulted by that
Ok can we keep the teenager testosterone levels at a decent level?
Sony. PS3. HDTVs. Playable PS3s.
Sony. PS3. HDTVs. Playable PS3s.
Ooooh! That makes me feel teenage and testosteroneous! Wanna play! Can't wait! Something like that!
But then I figure I won't be seeing any of these demo stations myself this year
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Oh damn, this just reminded me that there was a show here in London this weekend, actually 3 min from where i work, where they had playable PS3's and stuff... Missed it.